1. Look at 1AC(s)
a) figure out all the claims they are making
b) identify which internal links are weak. Prioritize these points in developing your responses
c) read articles 1AC authors – see if they have CP ideas, other things that would solve the aff
d) the 1ACs are going to CHANGE!
2. frontlines to every advantage
a) You MUST find a ‘status quo sustainable’ argument for every advantage. Examples include: “no war” or “war doesn’t escalate” or “Brooks and Wohlforth: no challengers”
b) Seriously, you really have to have a ‘status quo sustainable’ argument.
c) good to have some offense, but it’s not crucial. Don’t force offense in if it’s no good
d) reasonable length. 4-5 cards is probably a good lengh. Those cards have to be underlined WELL. Include analytic arguments – but only good ones.
3. CPs. We need to have at least one counterplan available to read against the aff. This means a 1NC, 2NC blocks (including ones to answer the perm and likely solvency deficit arguments). Some ideas:
a) totally new counterplans, PICs. Etc.
b) advantage counterplans (to solve the advantage using some different mechanism)
c) finding more evidence for the counterplans in the generic
4. Politics links!
At a minimum, find evidence that the plan would be unpopular. Ideally, find evidence that people who don’t like the plan are powerful. If the plan isn't unpopular, find good evidence the other direction.
5. Topicality
Consider whether the aff has any T problems. If it does, get the argument from the T generic and re-work it. If the T generic doesn’t include the T argument we want to make, write it yourself. Email Charles or Caroline for advice about how to work on the argument.
List of assignments
Big Stick Iraq Neg - Adam + Christine
-Get the demo debate evidence
-Need "iraq stable now" evidence
-Israel Disad
-Alt cause - you leave the bases
-Conditions CP
-Iran Invades Iraq Power Vacuum Disad
-Delay CP (2014 is better than 2011)
Big Stick Japan Neg - Parisa + Andrew
-AT: Remove the Aegis Missile Defense Systems
-Japan Rearm Disad (reorganize generic)
-Japan Compensation Disad
Iraq K Neg - Finn
-Prioritize broader K questions
-Get K of D/A answers (check the aff section of the security K)
Japan K Neg (Gender + Security) - Dylan
-It's not THAT bad in Japan
-The aff is paternalistic to assume it's forced
-Work with Finn on the more general advantage stuff
South Korean Prostitutes - Miya
-It's not THAT bad in South Korean (ex: sometimes choice is involved)
-The aff is paternalistic to assume it's forced
-CP to regulate prostitution on U.S. bases instead of withdrawing
-Work with Finn on the more general advantage stuff
South Korea Withdrawal (North Korean relations, South Korean armament good) - Kayleigh
-AT: Naval Exercises Aff
-Conditions CP?
-South Korean Rearm Bad disad (reorganize generic + write 2NC blocks)
Afghanistan - Nation Building Good/Bad Neg - Ula + Rachel
-work from DDW file, which is pretty solid
Afghanistan - Pull out Drones (K, policy, courts) - Morgan + Alex
-Alt cause: Special Ops (Wikileaks) - civillian casualties comes from the larger strategy, not the drones
-Topicality - substantial, equipment=/=military presence
-Stop using the drones CP (instead of pulling them out) - have the military command de-emphasize their use (CMR net benefit)
-Limited circumstance where drones may be useful (another n/b)
-Can't solve drone strikes in Pakistan
-Advantage CP - prioritize not killing civillians, but pursue limited military objectives with drones
Afghanistan - Counter Narcotics - Brady
-CP to reorganize troops to not do counter-narcotics (aff authors think that troops are good, they're just doing the wrong things)
-Politics Links
-Case Defense (not awful, Afghanistan stable now, aff no solvo)
Pull out everyone (Coercion!!!!!!) - Ciera
- ev to answer objectivism
- defenses of consequentialism
Offshore Balancing (Japan + South Korean bases = overstretch, Chinese peaceful heg good) - Rufus
-This is a heg bad aff
-Aff doesn't solve - no commitment to an offshore balancing strategy, they just cause withdrawal = worse formulation of unipolar strategy
-Look through the Heg good generic and organize it
-Advantage CPs to resolve their internal links (NOT "how else can we collapse heg?")
-Find people who respond to Layne and talk about specific strategies the U.S. can implement in specific regions to solve these problems
Iraqi PMCs (Neolib + PMCs bad) - Liam
-Topicality
-Lasers disad
-Regulation vs. banning PMCs altogether
-SQ solves? PMCs bill will pass, SQ solves, politics disad comes first
Kuwait Aff (Kuwait relations) - Drew
-Not really key to stability, especially b/c we have presence in Iraq
-Deconstruct the 1AC
-They don't hate us - we stabilize their country
-Israel Disad
Turkey TNWs (Iran Prolif, Terrorism) - Mariah
-Look at the DDW case neg
-The aff is a lie, SQ is sustainable
-Impact Defense
-Turkey Allied Prolif disad (reorganize the generic and write 2NC blocks)
Additional negative work
Nietzsche
Rachel
Dylan
MORE POLITICS WORK
(uniqueness updates, link work, more impact work, maybe a new scenario)
Mariah
Finn
Security K
(need realism answers)
Drew
Andrew
Hegemony
Rufus
Afghanistan Aff
Surge AFF--Stability Now/Squo Good Checklist
Drew
Kayleigh
-Taliban weak now
-Government stable now
-Warlords weak now (or at least not making things worse)
-Civilian casualties are declining
-General violence down/stability up
Nation building bad
Mariah
Christine
Brady
Alex
Police/corruption (cites)
Not working on this anymore.
Iraq Aff
Stability Advantage--Finn
Iraq Stability Ideal Advantage/Checklist
-Iraq unstable now bc U.S. military
-Iraq instability causes nuclear war
-Commitment to withdraw by 2011 increases stability (different warrants why w/drawal increases stability
Overstretch/Hegemony--Rufus (Overstretch),
Overstretch Ideal Advantage/Checklist
-U.S. military presence in Iraq causing imperial overstretch;
-Military (readiness) at a breaking point
-Kills hegemony
-Heg Impact
-Withdrawing from Iraq by 2011 solves overstretch
-(Hopefully): Iraq withdrawal overcomes other facotrs causing overstretch (e.g. Afghanistan War)
-U.S. military presence eroding credible government in Iraq
-Credibility/strength of government key to Maliki and/or stable Iraq democracy
-Democracy impacts (maybe other impacts to credible government in Iraq?)
-U.S. commitment to withdrawal by 2011 will resolve credibility issues
K Aff--Ula and Parisa
-Focus on recutting DDW articles
-Search other articles by those 1AC authors
-Do author + Iraq search (Foucault + Iraq /+withdrawal)
I-Law--Ciera
-Iraq war occupation violates CIL
-Must codify CIL norm against preventive war
-Supreme Court can/should get involved
Table of Contents
Case Negatives
Checklist of things to be done
1. Look at 1AC(s)
a) figure out all the claims they are making
b) identify which internal links are weak. Prioritize these points in developing your responses
c) read articles 1AC authors – see if they have CP ideas, other things that would solve the aff
d) the 1ACs are going to CHANGE!
2. frontlines to every advantage
a) You MUST find a ‘status quo sustainable’ argument for every advantage. Examples include: “no war” or “war doesn’t escalate” or “Brooks and Wohlforth: no challengers”
b) Seriously, you really have to have a ‘status quo sustainable’ argument.
c) good to have some offense, but it’s not crucial. Don’t force offense in if it’s no good
d) reasonable length. 4-5 cards is probably a good lengh. Those cards have to be underlined WELL. Include analytic arguments – but only good ones.
3. CPs. We need to have at least one counterplan available to read against the aff. This means a 1NC, 2NC blocks (including ones to answer the perm and likely solvency deficit arguments). Some ideas:
a) totally new counterplans, PICs. Etc.
b) advantage counterplans (to solve the advantage using some different mechanism)
c) finding more evidence for the counterplans in the generic
4. Politics links!
At a minimum, find evidence that the plan would be unpopular. Ideally, find evidence that people who don’t like the plan are powerful. If the plan isn't unpopular, find good evidence the other direction.
5. Topicality
Consider whether the aff has any T problems. If it does, get the argument from the T generic and re-work it. If the T generic doesn’t include the T argument we want to make, write it yourself. Email Charles or Caroline for advice about how to work on the argument.
List of assignments
Big Stick Iraq Neg - Adam + Christine
-Get the demo debate evidence
-Need "iraq stable now" evidence
-Israel Disad
-Alt cause - you leave the bases
-Conditions CP
-Iran Invades Iraq Power Vacuum Disad
-Delay CP (2014 is better than 2011)
Big Stick Japan Neg - Parisa + Andrew
-AT: Remove the Aegis Missile Defense Systems
-Japan Rearm Disad (reorganize generic)
-Japan Compensation Disad
Iraq K Neg - Finn
-Prioritize broader K questions
-Get K of D/A answers (check the aff section of the security K)
Japan K Neg (Gender + Security) - Dylan
-It's not THAT bad in Japan
-The aff is paternalistic to assume it's forced
-Work with Finn on the more general advantage stuff
South Korean Prostitutes - Miya
-It's not THAT bad in South Korean (ex: sometimes choice is involved)
-The aff is paternalistic to assume it's forced
-CP to regulate prostitution on U.S. bases instead of withdrawing
-Work with Finn on the more general advantage stuff
South Korea Withdrawal (North Korean relations, South Korean armament good) - Kayleigh
-AT: Naval Exercises Aff
-Conditions CP?
-South Korean Rearm Bad disad (reorganize generic + write 2NC blocks)
Afghanistan - Nation Building Good/Bad Neg - Ula + Rachel
-work from DDW file, which is pretty solid
Afghanistan - Pull out Drones (K, policy, courts) - Morgan + Alex
-Alt cause: Special Ops (Wikileaks) - civillian casualties comes from the larger strategy, not the drones
-Topicality - substantial, equipment=/=military presence
-Stop using the drones CP (instead of pulling them out) - have the military command de-emphasize their use (CMR net benefit)
-Limited circumstance where drones may be useful (another n/b)
-Can't solve drone strikes in Pakistan
-Advantage CP - prioritize not killing civillians, but pursue limited military objectives with drones
Afghanistan - Counter Narcotics - Brady
-CP to reorganize troops to not do counter-narcotics (aff authors think that troops are good, they're just doing the wrong things)
-Politics Links
-Case Defense (not awful, Afghanistan stable now, aff no solvo)
Pull out everyone (Coercion!!!!!!) - Ciera
- ev to answer objectivism
- defenses of consequentialism
Offshore Balancing (Japan + South Korean bases = overstretch, Chinese peaceful heg good) - Rufus
-This is a heg bad aff
-Aff doesn't solve - no commitment to an offshore balancing strategy, they just cause withdrawal = worse formulation of unipolar strategy
-Look through the Heg good generic and organize it
-Advantage CPs to resolve their internal links (NOT "how else can we collapse heg?")
-Find people who respond to Layne and talk about specific strategies the U.S. can implement in specific regions to solve these problems
Iraqi PMCs (Neolib + PMCs bad) - Liam
-Topicality
-Lasers disad
-Regulation vs. banning PMCs altogether
-SQ solves? PMCs bill will pass, SQ solves, politics disad comes first
Kuwait Aff (Kuwait relations) - Drew
-Not really key to stability, especially b/c we have presence in Iraq
-Deconstruct the 1AC
-They don't hate us - we stabilize their country
-Israel Disad
Turkey TNWs (Iran Prolif, Terrorism) - Mariah
-Look at the DDW case neg
-The aff is a lie, SQ is sustainable
-Impact Defense
-Turkey Allied Prolif disad (reorganize the generic and write 2NC blocks)
Additional negative work
Nietzsche
RachelDylan
MORE POLITICS WORK
(uniqueness updates, link work, more impact work, maybe a new scenario)Mariah
Finn
Security K
(need realism answers)Drew
Andrew
Hegemony
RufusAfghanistan Aff
Surge AFF--Stability Now/Squo Good Checklist
Drew
Kayleigh
-Taliban weak now
-Government stable now
-Warlords weak now (or at least not making things worse)
-Civilian casualties are declining
-General violence down/stability up
Nation building bad
Mariah
Christine
Brady
Alex
Police/corruption (cites)
Not working on this anymore.
Iraq Aff
Stability Advantage--Finn
Iraq Stability Ideal Advantage/Checklist
-Iraq unstable now bc U.S. military
-Iraq instability causes nuclear war
-Commitment to withdraw by 2011 increases stability (different warrants why w/drawal increases stability
Overstretch/Hegemony--Rufus (Overstretch),
Overstretch Ideal Advantage/Checklist
-U.S. military presence in Iraq causing imperial overstretch;
-Military (readiness) at a breaking point
-Kills hegemony
-Heg Impact
-Withdrawing from Iraq by 2011 solves overstretch
-(Hopefully): Iraq withdrawal overcomes other facotrs causing overstretch (e.g. Afghanistan War)
Soft Power--Andrew
Selective Engagement--Liam
Government/Maliki Credibility--Adam (also, file organization)
Government Cred Ideal Advantage/Checklist
-U.S. military presence eroding credible government in Iraq
-Credibility/strength of government key to Maliki and/or stable Iraq democracy
-Democracy impacts (maybe other impacts to credible government in Iraq?)
-U.S. commitment to withdrawal by 2011 will resolve credibility issues
K Aff--Ula and Parisa
-Focus on recutting DDW articles
-Search other articles by those 1AC authors
-Do author + Iraq search (Foucault + Iraq /+withdrawal)
I-Law--Ciera
-Iraq war occupation violates CIL
-Must codify CIL norm against preventive war
-Supreme Court can/should get involved
South Korean Prostitutes
Miya
Dylan
Morgen
Rachel